System information

Option Value/Example Notes
quiet yes Quiet mode reduces the amount of output seen at the console when Asterisk is
run in the foreground. This option is set to no by default.
timestamp yes Adds timestamps to all output except output from a CLI command. This option
is set to no by default.
execincludes yes Enables the use of #exec in Asterisk configuration files. This option is set to
no by default.
console yes Runs Asterisk in console mode. Asterisk will run in the foreground and will
present a prompt for CLI commands. This option is set to no by default.
highpriority yes Runs the Asterisk application with real-time priority. This option is set to no by
default.
initcrypto yes Loads keys from the astkeydir at startup. This option is set to no by default.
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nocolor yes Suppresses color output from the Asterisk console. This is useful when saving
console output to a file. This option is set to no by default.
dontwarn yes Disables a few warning messages. This option was put in place to silence warn-
ings that are generally correct, but may be considered to be so obvious that
they become an annoyance. This option is set to no by default.
dumpcore yes Tells Asterisk to generate a core dump in the case of a crash. This option is set
to no by default.
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languageprefix yes Configures how the prompt language is used in building the path for a sound
file. By default, this is yes, which places the language before any subdirectories,
such as en/digits/1.gsm. Setting this option to no causes Asterisk to behave as
it did in previous versions, placing the language as the last directory in the path,
(e.g. digits/en/1.gsm).
internal_timing yes Uses a timing source to synchronize audio that will be sent out to a channel in
cases such as file playback or music on hold. This option is set to yes by default
and should be left that way; its usefulness has greatly diminished over the last
few major versions of Asterisk.
systemname my_system_name Gives this instance of Asterisk a unique name. When this has been set, the system
name will be used as part of the uniqueid field for channels. This is incredibly
useful if more than one system will be logging CDRs to the same database table.
By default, this option is not set.
autosystemname yes Automatically sets the system name by using the hostname of the system. This
option is set to no by default.
maxcalls 100 Sets a maximum number of simultaneous inbound channels. No limit is set by
default.
maxload 0.9 Sets a maximum load average. If the load average is at or above this threshold,
Asterisk will not accept new calls. No threshold is set by default.
maxfiles 1000 Set the maximum number of file descriptors that Asterisk is allowed to have
open. The default limit imposed by the system is commonly 1024, which is not
enough for heavily loaded systems. It is common to set this limit to a very high
number. The default system-imposed limit is used by default.
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